The head of a federal commission who has helped U.S. states protect election systems from possible cyber attacks by Russia or others is being replaced at the behest of Republican House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan and the White House.reuters.com(See also Russian Meddling in Election, Voter Fraud)

2018.04.04

The security advocacy group Global Cyber Alliance tested the 26 email domains managed by the Executive Office of the President (EOP) and found that only one fully implements a security protocol that verifies the emails as genuinely from the White House.axios.com(See also Department of Homeland Security, Hypocrisy)

Of the 26 domains, 18 are not in compliance with a Department of Homeland Security directive to implement that protocol.

2018.05.08

Russia was preparing to undermine confidence in the United States’ voting process when its hackers surveilled around 20 state election systems in the run-up to the 2016 elections, according to the Senate Intelligence Committee.nytimes.com(See also 2016 Election, Russia)

2018.05.09

Donald Trump’s national security team is weighing the elimination of the top White House cybersecurity job, as the nation faces growing digital threats from adversaries such as Russia and Iran.politico.com(See also Russia, Iran)

2018.05.15

The Trump administration has eliminated the White House’s top cyber policy role, jettisoning a key position created during the Obama presidency to harmonize the government's overall approach to cybersecurity policy and digital warfare.politico.com(See also Reversals)

2018.05.21

Donald Trump uses a White House cellphone that isn’t equipped with sophisticated security features designed to shield his communications — a departure from the practice of his predecessors that potentially exposes him to hacking or surveillance.politico.com(See also Hypocrisy)

2018.06.11

The U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on three Russian individuals and five companies on Monday, saying they had worked with Moscow’s military and intelligence services on ways to conduct cyber attacks against the United States and its allies.reuters.com(See also Department of the Treasury, Russia)

2018.07.18

Despite his attempts to blur the truth, two weeks before his inauguration, Donald J. Trump was shown highly classified intelligence indicating that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had personally ordered complex cyberattacks to sway the 2016 American election, including evidence of texts and emails from Russian military officers and information gleaned from a top-secret source close to Mr. Putin, who had described to the C.I.A. how the Kremlin decided to execute its campaign of hacking and disinformation.nytimes.com(See also Assaults on Facts, Trump Relationship with Russia, Russian Meddling in Election)

2018.07.19

House Republicans on Thursday morning thwarted a Democratic effort to add new funding for election security measures — opening the party up to yet more criticism in the wake of Donald Trump’s controversial meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.mic.com(See also Trump Relationship with Russia, Russia)

2018.08.29

The FBI said that it has no evidence Hillary Clinton’s private email server was compromised even though Donald Trump tweeted a news report that alleged the Chinese had hacked it.apnews.com(See also False Statements)

2018.09.26

Donald Trump accused a foreign power of meddling in an American election: not Russia, but China, as he claimed without any evidence that the Chinese are trying to damage his political standing before the midterm elections because of his imposition of tariffs on billions of dollars in Chinese goods.nytimes.com(See also False Statements, China, Belief in Conspiracy Theories)

2018.10.24

When Dopnald Trump calls old friends on one of his iPhones to gossip, gripe or solicit their latest take on how he is doing, American intelligence reports indicate that Chinese spies are often listening — and putting to use invaluable insights into how to best work the president and affect administration policy.nytimes.com(See also Unprecedented Actions, China, Hypocrisy)

2018.11.19

Ivanka Trump sent hundreds of emails last year to White House aides, Cabinet officials and her assistants using a personal account, many of them in violation of federal records rules.washingtonpost.com(See also Ivanka Trump, Hypocrisy)

2018.12.08

The Justice Department is investigating whether crimes were committed when potentially millions of people’s identities were posted to the FCC’s website without their permission, falsely attributing to them opinions about net neutrality rules.buzzfeednews.com(See also Net Neutrality, Department of Justice)

People's names and addresses were listed on the FCC's website beside net neutrality comments they didn't make. Now the FBI is interested.

2018.12.16

A report prepared for the Senate that provides the most sweeping analysis yet of Russia’s disinformation campaign around the 2016 election found the operation used every major social media platform to deliver words, images and videos tailored to voters’ interests to help elect President Trump — and worked even harder to support him while in office.washingtonpost.com(See also Russian Meddling in Election, 2016 Campaign)